Project Management · head to head
Visor vs Hive
Visor
Project Management
The spreadsheet-native project management tool
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- On request
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Visor integrations are capped by plan, at 1 on free, 2 on Starter and 3 on Team, so connecting Jira, Salesforce and HubSpot together needs the top tier; Hive the free plan is capped at 200 MB of storage
- They diverge on capability: Visor covers Two-way sync, Hive covers Tasks.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Visor and Hive actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (freemium), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Project Management).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Visor
- Two-way sync
- Spreadsheet views
- Gantt charts
- Pivot tables
- Custom fields
- Jira
- Asana
- Salesforce
Only in Hive
- Tasks
- Gantt view
- Kanban
- Time tracking
- Forms
- Slack
- Zoom
- Google Drive
Both cover
- SOC 2
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Visor
- Building spreadsheet style views over Jira, Asana, Salesforce and HubSpot datanot Hive
- Two way syncing project data between systems and a shared workbooknot Hive
Hive
- Project and task management with multiple project viewsnot Visor
- Coordinating work, proofing and resourcing for teamsnot Visor
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Visor
- Integrations are capped by plan, at 1 on free, 2 on Starter and 3 on Team, so connecting Jira, Salesforce and HubSpot together needs the top tier
- Syncing is metered in credits, at 10,000 a month shared on free and 50,000 on Starter
- Extra credits are sold in booster packs at $50 for 250,000
- The free plan is limited to 2 workbooks and 5 users
- The flat rate Business plan is $750 a month billed annually
Hive
- The free plan is capped at 200 MB of storage
- The Starter plan at $5 per user per month is limited to 10 projects
- Eight capabilities are sold as $5 per user add ons on the Teams plan, including CRM, timesheets, proofing, resourcing, advanced dashboards, external users and SSO
- Buying SSO plus a few of those add ons therefore costs more than the $12 base seat itself
- AI credits are metered monthly at 1,000, 3,000 and 5,000 by plan
Pricing, plan by plan
Visor
On request- FreeFree
- 3 users
- 1 integration
- Basic features
- Pro$12/month
- Unlimited syncs
- Multiple integrations
- Advanced views
Hive
On request- FreeFree
- Basic features
- 10 users
- Teams$12/month
- Unlimited users
- Time tracking
- Automations
Which should you pick?
Choose Hive if
- You need tasks.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Desktop.
- You also want gantt view.
Questions people ask
- Is Visor or Hive better?
- Neither clearly leads. Visor starts at On request and Hive at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Visor or Hive?
- Visor starts at On request and Hive at On request.
- Does Visor or Hive run on more platforms?
- Visor runs on Web. Hive runs on Web, Ios, Android, Desktop.
- What is Visor best used for?
- Visor is most often used for building spreadsheet style views over jira, asana, salesforce and hubspot data, two way syncing project data between systems and a shared workbook. Of those, building spreadsheet style views over jira, asana, salesforce and hubspot data and two way syncing project data between systems and a shared workbook are not what Hive is typically brought in for.
- What can Visor do that Hive cannot?
- Visor covers Two-way sync, Spreadsheet views, Gantt charts, Pivot tables. Hive covers Tasks, Gantt view, Kanban, Time tracking. Both handle SOC 2, Web support.